Journal of Historical Linguistics最新文献

Calibrated weighted permutation test detects ancient language connections in the Circumpolar area (Chukotian-Nivkh and Yukaghir-Samoyedic)* 校准加权排列检验检测出环极地区（楚科奇-尼夫赫语和尤卡吉尔-萨莫耶迪克语）*的古代语言联系

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.00014.kas

A. Kassian, George Starostin, M. Zhivlov, Sergey A. Spirin

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Lexico-semantic stability in the anatomical domain in the Mayan language family 玛雅语系解剖学领域的词汇语义稳定性

Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.21031.mor

David F. Mora-Marín, Megan Fletcher, Elizabeth Gorman

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Review of Reshef (2020): Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew 回顾Reshef(2020):现代希伯来语出现的历史连续性

Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22019.gon

Einat Gonen

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Review of Tahmasebi, Borin, Jatowt, Xu & Hengchen (2021): Computational Approaches to Semantic Change Tahmasebi, Borin, Jatowt, Xu &;恒辰(2021):语义变化的计算方法

Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22063.bec

Christin Beck

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Balancing social determinism vs. sound change 平衡社会决定论与声音变化

Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22012.bur

Roslyn Burns

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On the traces of “apples”, “plums”, and “pears” “苹果”、“李子”、“梨”的痕迹

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22008.kil

Marwan Kilani

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Old English perspectives on the complement shift 补语转换的古英语视角

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-21 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22009.oja

Ana Elvira Ojanguren López

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Development of the word order of the reflexive enclitic sě/se dependent on a finite verb in Czech translations of the Gospel of Matthew from the 14th to the 21st century 14世纪至21世纪捷克语《马太福音》翻译中依赖于限定动词的反身动词svi /se词序的发展

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.21029.cec

Radek Čech, Pavel Kosek, Olga Navrátilová, Ján Mačutek

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Individual variation and frequency change in Early Modern Spanish 早期现代西班牙语的个体差异和频率变化

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.22059.bla

José Luis Blas Arroyo

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Alignment variations in the diachrony of Basque 巴斯克语历时的排列变化

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Journal of Historical Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-15 DOI: 10.1075/jhl.21037.mou

Céline Mounole

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